IU Swim and Dive Team Adds John Long to Coaching Staff

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Indiana University head swimming coach Ray Looze announced the addition of John Long as an assistant coach for the swimming and diving program.

Long joins the Indiana swimming and diving staff after seven highly successful seasons as an associate head coach at Queens University of Charlotte, a Division II program. Both the men’s and women’s teams have won the NCAA Division II National Championships in each of the five seasons.

While at Queens, Long helped mentor 86 NCAA event winners, 45 NCAA record setters, nine NCAA Swimmers of the Meet, and three Olympians at the 2016 Rio Games. The women’s program posted a cumulative GPA of 3.7, while the men’s team added a 3.3 cumulative GPA.

Prior to his time at Queens, Long served as an assistant coach for the Aquatic Team of Mecklenburg, a year-round swim program located in Charlotte, N.C., and saw tremendous success at the club level.

Before starting into coaching, John swam at the 2012 Olympic Team Trials, competed for Queens at the Division II Nationals, and was also a part of a Division I National Championship Team at Auburn University.

Long graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science in 2011.  While at Auburn, Long studied under Dr David Pascoe on High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) for triathletes. He culminated with a senior paper there with a study on taper for swimming.